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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Bond and Kerin compare notes on?

2. Who was Grant supposed to meet after he killed Bond?

3. Where did Q hide Bond's knife?

4. Where is the gun hidden that Bond shoots Grant with?

5. What does Bond kill Grant with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bond and Tatiana do when the train stops for a few hours?

2. How does Bond persuade Tatiana to get the code machine?

3. Why does the gypsy allow Bond to stay and see the fight?

4. How does Bond upset Tatiana?

5. What causes Bond to turn around?

6. Why does Tatiana refuse to take a plane?

7. What does Bond see when he looks through the periscope?

8. How does Bond kill Grant?

9. What happens to the Russians when they reach the Turkish border?

10. How does Kerim die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s. How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the Russians think that killing Bond would cause so problems? How would the MI5 react to Bond's death?

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